Summary

No dependency, single file helpers. Skewed towards ethereum.

Usage

npm i @appliedblockchain/helpers

Api

Table of Contents

• addressOfPrivateKey
  • Parameters
• addressOfPublicKey
  • Parameters
• blockHashOf
  • Parameters
• booleanOfString
  • Parameters
• bufferOfHexOrHex0x
  • Parameters
• bufferOfHex
  • Parameters
• bufferOfHex0x
  • Parameters
• bufferOfUnsigned
  • Parameters
• catchOf
  • Parameters
• defaultCmp
  • Parameters
• eachPromise
  • Parameters
• evenZeroPaddedOf
  • Parameters
• eventuallyTrue
  • Parameters
• fibonacciOf
  • Parameters
• hasKeys
  • Parameters
• heightOf
  • Parameters
• hexOfUnsigned
  • Parameters
• hex0xOfUnsigned
  • Parameters
• indexedByKey
  • Parameters
• isLikeDateString
  • Parameters
• isPending
  • Parameters
• isSafePositive
  • Parameters
• isSafeUnsigned
  • Parameters
• jsonOfUrl
  • Parameters
• makeRetrace
• noop
• objectOfStrings
  • Parameters
• racePromises
  • Parameters
• randomUint32
• shSync
  • Parameters
• sortedDifference
  • Parameters
• sortedIntersection
  • Parameters
• defaultTimeout
• spread
  • Parameters
• stopOfMonitor
  • Parameters
• timeoutOf
  • Parameters

addressOfPrivateKey

Parameters

• privateKey Buffer

Returns Buffer ethereum address of provided privateKey.

addressOfPublicKey

Returns ethereum address of provided public key.

Parameters

• publicKey Buffer

Returns Buffer

blockHashOf

Parameters

• url string
• blockNumberOrTag ("earliest" | "latest" | "pending" | number) (optional, default 'latest')
• timeout number (optional, default defaultTiemout)

Returns Promise<string?> block hash as hex0x string or null from provided ethereum jsonrpc endpoint url in specified timeout; null if timeout has been reached.

booleanOfString

Parses string and returns true for "true", "on", "yes" and "1" strings, false otherwise.

Parameters

• value string

Returns boolean

bufferOfHexOrHex0x

Returns Buffer representation of provided hex (ie. "ff") or hex0x (ie. "0xff") string.

Parameters

• value string

• Throws any TypeError On invalid input.

bufferOfHex

Parameters

• value string

Returns any buffer representation of provided hex string.

bufferOfHex0x

Parameters

• value string

Returns Buffer buffer representation of provided hex0x string.

bufferOfUnsigned

Parameters

• value number

Returns Buffer the smallest buffer representation of provided safe, unsigned integer number. When input is 0 - empty buffer is returned.

catchOf

Parameters

• message string
• result T

Returns function (error: Error): T

defaultCmp

• **See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort#Description **

Default comparision function.

Parameters

• x any
• y any

Returns (-1 | 0 | 1)

eachPromise

Similar to Promise.all but yields after each promise settlement. Exceptions are captured and results are yielded as [ err, result, i ] tuple.

Parameters

• promises Array<Promise<T>>

Returns AsyncGenerator<[Error?, T?, number], any, any>

evenZeroPaddedOf

Parameters

• value string

Returns any input string padded with 0 if length is odd, otherwise returns string as is.

eventuallyTrue

Retries up to n times (roughtly seconds) call to f waiting for true result, which breaks the loop and returns true. If f didn't return true throws last result value.

Parameters

• f function (): Promise<R>
• n number (optional, default 30)

Returns Promise<(true | R)>

fibonacciOf

Yields fibonacci sequence capped to max (default max safe integer).

Parameters

• max number (optional, default defaultMax)

Returns void

hasKeys

Type: function (any): boolean

Parameters

• value

Returns any true if value has one or more keys, false otherwise.

heightOf

Parameters

• url string
• timeout number (optional, default defaultTiemout)

Returns Promise<number> Height of the chain from provided ethereum jsonrpc endpoint url or NaN if timeout has been reached or any other problem occured.

hexOfUnsigned

Parameters

• value number

Returns string even/byte-padded, hex string representation of a safe, unsigned number.

hex0xOfUnsigned

Parameters

• value number

Returns string 0x-prefixed hex string representation of a safe, unsigned number.

indexedByKey

Parameters

• values Array<T>
• key string

Returns {} transposed entries from xs, indexed by key. Non-unique keys will overwrite previous values. Non-existing keys will be indexed under undefined key.

isLikeDateString

Checks if value looks like YYYY-MM-DD date string.

Parameters

• value any

Returns boolean

isPending

Returns true if promise has not settled yet, false otherwise.

Parameters

• value Promise<any>

Returns boolean

isSafePositive

Parameters

• value number

Returns boolean true if value is safe integer greater than zero, false otherwise.

isSafeUnsigned

Parameters

• value any

Returns boolean true if value is safe unsigned number, false otherwise.

jsonOfUrl

Type: function (string): Promise<any>

Parameters

• url

Returns any json from basic http(s) get request on url.

makeRetrace

Captures extra stack trace, usage await foo().catch(makeRetrace()). err argument is being modified with new stack value.

noop

Identity function.

objectOfStrings

Parameters

• strings Array<string>

Returns {} membership object (set) for provided list of elements (strings).

racePromises

Like Promise.race but doen't complain about unhandled rejections that happen after race has settled.

Parameters

• promises Array<Promise<any>>

Returns Promise<any>

randomUint32

Returns number random unsigned integer that fits 32 bits.

shSync

Executes simple shell command.

Parameters

• cmd string
• $1 {trim: boolean?} (optional, default {})
  • $1.trim (optional, default true)

sortedDifference

Computes xs - ys difference in linear time between two, unique, ascending arrays of values. Comparision function can be flipped for descending arrays. Leaks values of arrays in thrown error.

Parameters

• xs Array<T>
• ys Array<T>
• cmp function (T, T): (-1 | 0 | 1) (optional, default defaultCmp)

Returns Array<T>

sortedIntersection

Computes intersection in linear time between two, unique, ascending arrays of values. Comparision function can be flipped for descending arrays. Leaks values of arrays in thrown error.

Parameters

• xs Array<T>
• ys Array<T>
• cmp function (T, T): (-1 | 0 | 1) (optional, default defaultCmp)

Returns Array<T>

defaultTimeout

Expire cached nonces after 12 seconds.

spread

Spread n calls to f function ms milliseconds apart.

Parameters

• n number
• ms number
• f function (): Promise<any>

Returns Promise<Array<any>>

stopOfMonitor

Creates monitor similar to setInterval but allows single execution at a time only. Concurrent invocation attempts are ignored.

Parameters

• f function (): Promise<any>
• milliseconds number (optional, default 1*1000)

Returns any stop function.

timeoutOf

Parameters

• milliseconds number
• message string (optional, default `Timeout of ${String(milliseconds)}ms exceeded.`)
• code (number | string) (optional, default '@appliedblockchain/helpers/timeout')

Returns any cancellable, rejecting timeout promise.

License

MIT License

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